This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IEC.2ACE/1163 Message Board Post: I have been trying to contact "Jon" who said he had a small book on a "Brief family history of the Nordeck Family". I have the Travel Papers of John Fredrick Nordeck who came here to the US. I would love to have a copy of the book or at least be able to see it as it would help me greatly. There is something incorrect in it though. John Fredrick Nordeck wasn't he "TRUE" name, he chnaged it to that when he got here. His travel papers read as follows.Johann Frederick Nordeck, born and living in Roedinghausen, with himself, to visit relatives (to travel) from Roedinghausen to Bremen to North America, traveling in a certificate from the local police. Identified as trustworthy, so this person received this passport, and after requestiong all civil and military authorties, he may travel and return, and in an emergency under their (this) protection. The passport (travel papers) were Prepared on the 17th of march 1842 and he began his trip on the 2nd of April 1842. Johann Frederick Nordeck is described as being protestant, 24 years old, 5 feet 4 inches tall, blond hair, blue eyes, reddish beard, with a split chin, oval face, medium build with a scar on his left hand and left index finger. He was a cabinet maker associate in Roedinghausen which was a part of the Royal Prussian States. The orginal document was translated for me into English and certified to be a true copy and the English Translation to be correct on December 25th 1977 by I.T. White Notary of Preston County, West Virginia who's commission expried at t he time on November 6, 1985. I would be happy to share this along with many photos that I have of my family that I have received from my grandparents and parents on the Nordeck , Fitzgerald, and Saucers. There are some others as well with names but don't have them in front of me right now to remember them all. Feel free to contact me via my email address. [email protected] and I will be happy to hear from any and all as I am trying to work hard on the Nordeck Family History as well.